Agua Fresca de Plátano (Banana Agua Fresca)

Agua (Fresca) de Plátano - lacocinadeleslie.com


Bananas are one of my family's favorite fruits, that never last too long on the kitchen counter. But occasionally I'll have a couple of bananas that have gotten to ripe for my family's taste, and instead of letting them go to waste, I use them to make my hubby's favorite agua fresca: Agua de Plátano. It's creamy, delicious, and oh so refreshing!


Banana Agua Fresca - lacocinadeleslie.com

Agua de Platano
(Banana Agua Fresca)

Ingredients:
  • 4 ripe bananas
  • 1 cinnamon stick (3-inch)
  • 3 quarts water
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • Granulated sugar (optional) 

Directions:
Puree the bananas, cinnamon stick and 3 cups of the water in a blender until smooth.  Strain the puree into a 1-gallon pitcher.  Add the remaining water and sweetened condensed milk; stir until well combined. Sweeten with granulated sugar, if desired. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Serve over ice.  Enjoy!

Receta en español 















12 comments

  1. what kind of sauce could i eat those with? they look really good!

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  2. When I was little, I liked to dip my banana fritters in Chocolate syrup. Now that I'm older, I love dipping them in warmed creamy peanut butter. My kids love sweetened condensed milk and cajeta.

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  3. looks delicious! I will try to make that this week.

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  4. I love that Agua de Platano! I assume it literally means Water from Banana!!

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  5. I have no flour in my pantry but I have the bananas!! Don't you hate that? Gonna have to wait till this weekend when I go to the store.:(

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  6. Over ripe bananas also make a fast and easy ice cream. Toss the bananas, some sugar and cream or milk, blend up and freeze. I think you could just use your recipe for Agua de Platano and just process that in the machine too! I will try your recipe tonight!

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  7. Bananas are amazing :).

    Great recipes!

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  8. Oh my goodness these look good! Why have I never thought to fry bananas? They fry plantains all the time. WOuld be awesome with some vanilla ice cream and chocolate or caramel sauce!

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  9. Leslie, these were very good! Thank you for the recipe! My husband said they taste like funnel cakes!

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  10. I love bananas! So I did a search for banana agua fresca and ended up here on your blog. I love tossing a ripe banana in the blender with 4 or 5 ice cubes and some milk. Ahhh. Refreshing!

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  11. omg this agua fresca de platano reminded me of the ones me and my husband used to buy at rosarito baja california... they have a place were they sell aguas frescas and have lots of bananas hanging as decorations.. i really missed this since its been 4 years that i havent gone.. but now with this recipe i wont miss it anymore because i can make it myself.. and my son and daughter loved it...

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  12. i've never had agau de platano mmm sounds really good!

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